What does Foo Fighters stand for?

“Foo fighter” was a term first coined by the United States Air Force during World War II. It referred to strange phenomena or unidentified flying objects in the sky before it was replaced by the acronym “UFO.” Grohl revealed that when he was first recording songs for the band, he was in the midst of a UFO phase.
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What does the Foo stand for in Foo Fighters?

The group took its name from foo fighter, a nickname coined by Allied aircraft pilots for UFOs and other aerial phenomena.
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What are the Foo Fighters best known for?

The Top 10 Foo Fighters Songs
  • 10. “ The Pretender”
  • 9. “ Times Like These”
  • 8. “ Run”
  • 7. “ Monkey Wrench”
  • 6. “ Making A Fire”
  • 5. “ All My Life”
  • 4. “ Best Of You”
  • 3. “ Learn To Fly”
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Is Foo Fighters the Stand or the user?

Foo Fighters (フー・ファイターズ, Fū Faitāzu), more commonly referred to as F.F. ( F エフ ・ F エフ ), is a major ally featured in Stone Ocean. F.F. is a mix of Stand and Stand User; A colony of plankton that is organized, maintained by, and essentially equivalent to the Stand, Foo Fighters.
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What is a Foo Mexican?

In Español, the closest word that can be translated to foo is charolastra, made famous in Cuaron's movie, “Y Tu Mamá Tambien.” It means a good friend, or brother, but in a gang sense as well. Last but not least, the widely accepted female conjugation of a foo is foolette.
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Why did Dave Grohl start Foo Fighters?

'I was trying to figure out my life when I picked up a hitchhiker who was wearing a Kurt Cobain T-shirt and I thought, “Even in this remote place I can't outrun life.” 'So, I went home and started over with the Foo Fighters. I needed to survive and get on with life! '
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How did Dave Grohl name Foo Fighters?

Grohl tells CBS 60 Minutes: “I called it Foo Fighters because I didn't want to put my name on it at first. Had I imagined that it would last more than a month and a half I might have named it something else. It's the dumbest band name ever. Foo Fighters is a slang term that they used for UFOs in World War II.”
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When did Foo Fighters become popular?

Melding heavy rock guitars, driving punk sensibilities, and pretty melodies, Foo Fighters rose to become one of the biggest acts to emerge out of the alt-rock boom of the 1990s. Led by singer Dave Grohl, the former powerhouse drummer for Nirvana, Foo Fighters initially debuted as a solo project in 1995.
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What was the Foo Fighters first big hit?

It was exactly 19 years ago today that Foo Fighters released “This Is a Call,” their very first single.
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What is Dave Grohl's favorite Foo Fighters song?

"These Days" is the fourth single, (fifth in the United Kingdom), from the American rock band Foo Fighters' seventh studio album Wasting Light. It was written by Dave Grohl and co-produced by Butch Vig. Dave Grohl has stated that it is his favorite song that he has ever written.
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Is Dave Grohl deaf?

Grohl, frontman and guitarist for the Foo Fighters and former drummer of Nirvana, described himself as deaf in a recent interview with Howard Stern, the result of years of playing loud music with little or no ear protection.
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Did Dave Grohl write any Nirvana songs?

In an interview on CBS show Sunday Morning, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl has revealed why he never wrote music or sang in Nirvana, and only started writing his own material after Kurt Cobain's death in 1994.
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How many stands are in JoJo?

Descriptions for Stands with names that have not been revealed are found in the List of Unnamed Stands. There are 168 unique Stands in total so far across Parts 3-8 in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
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Is Pucci black?

Perla is white, so Pucci is white. B: The KKK attacked Weather on sight because he was black, but ignored Pucci for no reason. They also knew Pucci and Perla were siblings, so if Pucci were black they would know Perla is as well, which would give them so reason to attack Weather.
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Is weather report a Joestar?

After Pucci absorbs DIO's bone, Weather mysteriously gains a Joestar Birthmark. He joins Anasui -at the latter's insistence- in their search for Jolyne. Little is known about him as the story progresses until one of Dio's sons, Donatello Versus, steals his memories from Pucci's jacket.
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What Foo Fighters song is about Kurt Cobain?

"Friend of a Friend" was the first acoustic song Dave Grohl had ever written. The song was written by Grohl in 1990 (and recorded in secret the same year), and it was about his first impressions of new Nirvana bandmates Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic.
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Why is Everlong such a good song?

It's hard to talk about "Everlong" without sounding tremendously saccharine. Like the best pop songs, its music so thoroughly conveys the feeling behind its lyrics' sentiments. It's a four-minute, speaker-blowing work of emotional flight, a soaring anthem to love as a moment of crowdsurfing bliss and harmony.
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What is Taylor Hawkins favorite Foo Fighters song?

“And it was just funny, and we just wore that album out. And 'This Is a Call' might be my favourite Foo Fighters song of all time, too.” Hawkins also revealed that he loved “Aurora,” from 1999's There Is Nothing Left To Lose. “I love that side of Dave [Grohl],” he said.
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